Verb Tenses Study Guide

Overview

Norwegian Verb Tenses

This guide teaches present, past, perfect, and future verb forms in common sentence contexts.

What to focus on

  • Present tense usually describes now, habits, and near-future plans.
  • Past tense is often signaled by time words like i går.
  • Perfect uses har plus a participle; future often uses skal or vil plus an infinitive.

Examples

jeg spiser
jeg spiste
jeg har spist
jeg skal spise

How the levels progress

The levels move from present to past, irregular past, perfect, and future forms.

Level 1

Verb Present

This level focuses on verb present within verb tenses. The round has 10 prompts.

Level 2

Verb Past

This level focuses on verb past within verb tenses. The round has 10 prompts.

Level 3

Verb Irregular

This level focuses on verb irregular within verb tenses. The round has 12 prompts.

Level 4

Verb Perfect

This level focuses on verb perfect within verb tenses. The round has 12 prompts.

Level 5

Verb Future

This level focuses on verb future within verb tenses. The round has 12 prompts.